British Airways announced Saturday that flights to Cairo were being canceled for seven days “as a precaution to allow for further assessment.” The announcement came as the UK Foreign Office warned citizens traveling to Egypt of a “heightened risk of terrorism against aviation.” “There’s a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. Additional security measures are…… MORE
It’s dangerously hot across much of the country this weekend — so hot, in fact, that police in Braintree, Massachusetts, are imploring would-be criminals to hold off on illegal activity until Monday. The Braintree Police Department asked the community to put a pin in crime until the heat wave passes in a Facebook post Friday.…… MORE
While the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing Saturday, Sotheby’s auctioned off three original NASA videotapes of the event for a whopping $1.82 million. That’s more than 8,000 times what then-NASA intern Gary George paid for them in a government surplus auction in 1976, the auction house said in a…… MORE
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration in her latest argument against the President’s handling of the situation at the southern border, saying that his signature agenda is really about “ethnicity and racism.” “All you need to do is hear what the President did this week to know this is…… MORE
A powerful derecho storm moved through the Upper Midwest on Friday night, gathering up 73 damaging wind reports, according to the National Weather Service, and the same area remained under threat of more severe weather Saturday. More than 100 damaging wind reports have already come in. The threat of large hail and isolated tornadoes will…… MORE
Demonstrators calling for Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló‘s resignation gathered in streets outside the governor’s mansion again Saturday afternoon, chanting and banging pots and pans in the latest of several days of protests on the US territory. The protests are sparked in part by last weekend’s leaks of offensive private chat messages between the governor…… MORE
The roars for Shane Lowry were just different. Deeper, more throaty, more heartfelt. With no Northern Irishman in contention, the Royal Portrush crowds have taken Ireland’s Lowry to heart and how it has inspired him. They roared and chanted and clapped and waved as he walked onto the 18th green Saturday, having left the field…… MORE
Linkin Park is marking the second anniversary of frontman Chester Bennington’s death by asking fans to to share their memories of the beloved rock singer on Twitter. “Remembering Chester today,” the band wrote on Twitter. “Feel free to share your favorite photo or video of Chester / LP below.” Bennington died by suicide on July…… MORE
“Veronica Mars,” the noir-style drama that starred Kristen Bell as a teen gumshoe known for her pithy one-liners and fearless investigation techniques, found a fan-base in the underappreciated or outsiders when it aired on UPN and then The CW in the mid-aughts — and has the potential to do the same now that those first…… MORE
US Women’s National Soccer Team co-captain Megan Rapinoe has once again criticized President Donald Trump, calling his racist tweets about four Democratic congresswomen of color “disgusting.” “It’s disgusting, to be honest,” Rapinoe said Saturday on CNN’s “The Van Jones Show.” “To say it’s disappointing is … it doesn’t even come close.” Trump, in a recent…… MORE
